The family is hotly contested ideological terrain. Some defend the traditional two-parent heterosexual family while others welcome its demise. Opinions vary about how much control parents should have over their children’s upbringing. Adam Swift discussed the ethics of parent-child relationships, telling us why the family is valuable, who has the right to parent, and what rights parents should—and should not—have over their children.

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